Three Strikes and You're Out

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Identifier walsh_1996_s5_c5
Title Three Strikes and You're Out
Creator Nicholas J. Volpe, MD; Steven L. Galetta, MD; Allan Wulc, MD; Lawrence Kenyon, MD; PhD; Katrinka Heher, MD
Affiliation (NJV) (SLG) (AW) (LK) (KH) Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Subject Papilledema; Blepharoptosis; Sclerosis; Orbital Pseudotumor; Hyperthyroidism
History A 42-year old female with painless loss of vision OD and eyelid swelling. Eight months previous treated with antibiotics for right eyelid swelling. Four months prior to presentation eyelid swelling associated with blurred vision treated with steroids. CT scan revealed orbital and optic nerve tumor.
Pathology Venous stasis retinopathy; Atrophic and scarred optic nerve with densely fibrotic optic nerve sheath.
Disease/Diagnosis Sclerosing orbital pseudotumor
Clinical VA: HM OD
Presenting Symptom Painless loss of vision OD
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Steroids; Surgery; Immunosupressive agents; XRT
Date 1996
References Attached
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 22nd Annual North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Frank B. Walsh Session CD-ROM
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting 1996
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6w3802j
Setname ehsl_novel_fbw
ID 177959
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w3802j